A Small Step Toward Ending Jawboning, a Big Need for Disclosure

Will Duffield

The government can’t command social media platforms to remove disfavored speech. But when does informal government speech notifying or suggesting cross the line into unconstitutional pressure or coercion? We still don’t know, because today, the Supreme Court reversed and remanded the Fifth Circuit’s decision in Murthy v. Missouri, rejecting the much‐​watched jawboning case for lack of standing.

Vaccine‐​skeptical doctors, supported by the states of Louisiana and Missouri...